Package-tie.



W. C. FAWKES.

PACKAGE TIE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 9. 1916.

Patented May 28,1918.

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WILBERT C. FA'WKES, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

PACKAGE-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 28, 1918.

Application filed March 9, 1916. Serial No. 83,195.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WEBERT C. FAWKES, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Portland, county of Multnomah, State of Oregon, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Package- Ties, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates generally to package ties adapted for use in tying letters, newspapers, or other similar articles into compact packages for convenience in mailing, delivering, etc.

The object of my invention is to provide an inexpensive device consisting merely of a button and a string or cord, and to adapt the button to constitute and provide simple but efiicient means for securely fastening the free end of the cord in place.

I attain my object in a device consisting of a dished button provided with a hole at the center and with a concavity on its convex surface about such hole, in combination with a knotted cord inserted through said hole, the knot being located in the dish or hollow of the button, said concavity of the latter providing a space for seating a coil of the free end of the cord wound on the button about the cord portion extending from the latter, after tying the package, and when so arranged the coil will be securely fastened in place by the pressure of the cord extending from the button across its said concavity, exerted on the outer rings of the coil and through these upon the inner ring of the latter.

The features of my invention are all fully shown in the accompanying drawings, of which:

Figure l is a plan view of a package of letters securely tied by my device;

Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, the package itself being shown in elevation; and

Figs. 3, 4 and 5 are diagrammatic plan views illustrating progressive steps in the operation of tying.

a represents a package composed of a number of envelops which are securely tied together by my device into one package for mailing.

b is a dished button which may be formed of a circularly cut piece of metal. The button is provided with a hole 9 at the center and the convex or outer surface of the button about such hole is formed with a concavlty as at h. A cord 0 is inserted through the hole 9 of the button, and a knot (1 formed on the end of the cord, such knot becoming located in the dish or hollow f of the button, as shown in Fig. 2. The'free end of the cord may also be provided with a knot, as at e.

The general procedure in the tying of a package by my device is as follows:

The button 7) is placed centrally on top of the package with its rim facing upward, as shown in Fig. 3, thus just the opposite from its position in Figs. 1 and 2. The cord 0 is first wound around the package a, as indicated by the small arrows in Figs. 3, 4: and 5. By exerting a pull on the free end, the cord may be drawn up tightly. The free end of'the cord is then coiled about the cord portion extending from the button and under the inverted convex surface of the latter; the first ring of the coil becoming seated in said'concavity of the button, and the next rings of the coil being caused, by the sloping sides of said concavity, to crowd down upon said first ring, which effect is furthered by the inherent elasticity of the cord causing a pressure to be exerted on the outer rings of the coil, that portion of the cord which is extended from the center of the button across said concavity of the button, in the act of tying up the package. This constitutes the lock. The button is then inverted, whereupon my tie will become arranged and appear as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

I claim:

A package tying device consisting of a dished button provided with a hole at the center for securing a cord, and with a concavity on its convexed surface about such hole, providing a space for seating the rings of a coil wound about the cord portion extending from the button and adjacent the latter, whereby the free end of the cord will be locked against disengagement, substantially as described.

WILBERT C. FAWKES.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

